jaikar Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 hi there, this is a general question where i am confused over long time.. what is the used of passing big encrypted strings in the url? most of the time i see in big sites like google / yahoo. and what are the uses of this in real time .. or they are just made big to confuse hackers?. any explanation would be highly helpful!. example as below http://yahoo.com/_ylt=AsXHbMLeE2zV.1Tq082xTdiuitIF/SIG=11licq9d2/EXP=1283427670/**http%3A//mail.yahoo.com/%3F.intl=en http://click.email.microsoftemail.com?qs=06f2de8ca524e4650483090ed07957e8da3dbc0db662e7f97fa1b5d384b45a28800d5407dd3daa63 Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/212265-question-about-long-strings-passed-in-url/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
petroz Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 This is done for many reasons. I use it frequently to encrypt ID's in a database when accessing them from a url. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/212265-question-about-long-strings-passed-in-url/#findComment-1106091 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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